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1,552,101 PATENT oF-FICE.

ERNST WIECHMANN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

` VALVE.

Application led October 20, 1924. Serial No. 744,779.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, ERNST WIEGHMANN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lfvisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulV Improvements in Valves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. i Y

This invention relates to valves and is particularly directed to a valve for a spigot although it is to be understood that it may be used in other capacities.

In spigots and similar valves as heretofore constructed, it has been the custom to provide a1 yielding member commonly kno-wn as a Fuller ball which contacts with the seat formed in the Abody portion of the spigot or valve housing. These spigots, however, have given considerable trouble when used with'certain types of fluids such, for instance, as hot water and 'other fluids which gradually disintegrate the flexible ball. This disintegration does not take place primarily when the valve is open and the water flowing therethrough, but does occur mainly through the long periods when the valve is closed and the water stands in contact with at least a portion of the flexible member. It is to be understood that any detrimental acti'on continues throughout the entire period during which the valve is inactive or closed, and consequently even a slight action of the fluid upon the Fuller ball or similar member'will, during the long periods in which the valve is not used, cause disintegration and will cause the valve to rapidly deteriorate and finally lea-k, thus necessitating frequent renewal.

This invention is designed to overcome the above noted defects, and objects of such invention are to provide a valve construction which protects the flexible washer or member from contact with the fluid when the valve is closed, whereby the life of the valve is materially increased as the flexible member is subjected to the action of the fluid only during the time when the valve is actually opened and at all other times is adequately and fully protected from such detrimental action.

Further objects are to provide a valve construction which has extreme simplicity, which may be very cheaply produced, and which may Successfully compete with the ordinary types of valves on a commercial basis, and which, may be as readily and easily applied to the valve rod as the valves now on the market. An embodiment of the invention is shown inthe accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure l is a partial sectional view through a spigot showing the valve in closed position. v Y

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view corresponding to Figure 1 showing the valve open.V

.Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the valve itself detached from the valve rod.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that a conventional spigot 1 has beenl shown which is equipped with an operating spindle 2 provided with the usual vhandle and provi-ded with a crank 3 at its lower end. This crank is operatively engaged by the forward end of a valve rod 4 which is provided preferably with spacing and guiding lugs 5 adapted to ride within the tubular body portion, and which is further provided with a collar 6 preferably integral with the rod. The rod is extended rearwardly and. is pro-vided with a threaded portion 7. The bodyfportion,-it will be noted, is provided with a rounded valve seat 8 at its rear end and is externally threaded and adapted to screw into a supply pipe 9. A flexible washer 10 is slipped upon the valve rod and is pushed into contact with the collar 6. This flexible washer may be of any suitable material such as rub.- ber, yieldable fiber, flexible packing material or any of the usual materials employed for yielding valve washers. A metal backing member 11 is slipped upon the valve rod and is provided with a flange 12 which extends beyond the peripheral outline of the valve 10, as shown clearly in Figures 2 and 3. This metal backing member is held in place by means of a nut 13 screwed upon the threaded extension 7 of the valve rod and thus in turn holds the valve 10 in correct p'osition.

When the valve is closed, as shownl in Figure l, the washer l0 conforms toI the valve seat 8 and seals the valve. However, it is to be particularly noted that the backing member 11 contacts also with the valve seat or with the rear portion of the valve housing and seals against such housing or valve seat. This effectively prevents contact of the fluid in the supply pipe 9 with It is to be noted-thatrthe-conventionaltypeof spigot has been shovvn provided With curved or slanting valve seat 81. It is to be further noted thatthe `backing member.

1l, although shovvn as a cast member in thedrayvings, may also be. for-medA of a sheet metal stamping. This metal backing membermay bemade of any suitable metal. For instance, it may be made of a soft ymetal andmayconform to thevalve seat, itself, ,although it is to bel understooddistinctly that'it may also be madeof a harder metal and'mayf conform tothe scato-r may seat itself'against the rear portion of such seat.

all events the backing memberl completelyjoutspthefluid inthe pipe 9 from contact With the flexible Washer and thus protects tl- 1e flexible Washer from the deteriorating action ofthe liouiid-inl thel pipe 9 While the; valveis cl osed.f

It is, tofbesunderstood that the backing member -lllalnd the Washer 10 may besold as a. separate and distinct unit, fas illustrated Figure 3, and may be applied to any existingftype of'valve rods inplace or" theKusualL-Full'er halls and similar devices. When -finishedit is;preferabl e'Y to glue, or cement or, otherwise secureY the. Washer, 1,0 toythey backing member l1 so that during handling andtransporting, thesatvvopor: tions Willl stay togetheras a unit..

Itis to be understood though that-When ,theysare positioned upon the` valve rod that theyf ivilllbe held.- inl correct position by means Of the 111,112 1S.-y A l-Will1'be-see11m therefore, that avery simple. andcheaply manufactured .type of Valve. commette haa been rrovideda W-hh effectively prevents contact of the liquid in the supply pipe with the flexible Washer during the periods when the valve is closed. "Itivvill further be seen that the device may be manufactured vand solid as cheaply as the conventional types of valves such as Fuller balls for instance and that they may be applied to..existing,types of spigots or similar devices.

Although the invention has been de,- scribed in considerable detail, it is to be y understood thatl the inventionV may be variously embodied andV is, therefore, tov be Vvalve rod operatively coupled tothe crank and having` a collar thereon, and arearwardly extending portion, the combination off an annular valve seat convex 1n cross section, a relatively soft disk like valve hav-l ing a-cylindrical" outer surface, said disk being positioned upon, the rearwardly extending portion of said valve rod and `against' saidcol'l'ar, a metal backing member` positioned uponr said valve riod rearwardly of' said valve, and adapted to engage saidy valvevseat When saidl spigot is fully closed, and anutscrevved upon the rearwardly extending portion of said valve rod' and forcing said backing. member against said valve, said. backing member beingof a diameterrgreater than said valve atjits frontend, and. said valve contact-ing with the convex valve seat approximately ati the central portion of its convex surface.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing :[have hereunto, set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county ofMilivaukee and, Statey of lV-isconsin.

ERNST WIEGHMANNL 

